Reconstruction of blood flow patterns in a human carotid bifurcation: A combined CFD and MRI study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 299-311

  Long, Quan ^a   Xu, X Yun ^a   Ariff, Ben ^b   Thom, Simon A ^b   Hughes, Alun D ^b   Stanton, Alice V ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid bifurcation; CFD; MRI; Nonplanar geometry; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIASTOLE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0034090768     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(200003)11:3<299::AID-JMRI9>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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